Saturday 22nd of February 1997: Friendly game
Lineup (4-4-2)
- 1 Thomas RAVELLI

- 13 Mikael NILSSON
AP - 6 Teddy LUCIC

- 4 Jonas OLSSON
AP - 22 Stefan LANDBERG

- 8 Peter ERIKSSON
AP
- 19 Magnus ERLINGMARK
↷ 71 - 11 Stefan LINDQVIST

- 20 Jimmy PAULSÉN (SVENSSON)
AP
↷ 81 - 10 Stefan PETTERSSON

- 14 Andreas ANDERSSON
↷ 87
Avbytare
- 18 Emmanuel TETTEH
↶ 71 - 17 Sebastian HENRIKSSON
↶ 81 - 23 Christian LUNDSTRÖM
AP ↶ 87
Summary
On Saturday 22nd of February 1997, in the first, and only game ever between the two teams, IFK Göteborg and Viking FK played on a neutral venue for a friendly game in Paralimni, Cyprus. The game ended in a narrow victory for IFK Göteborg: 2-1, after a half time lead of 1-0. IFK Göteborg's goals scored by Jimmy Paulsén (Svensson) and Peter Eriksson.